Five days later.

I wasn't raped or molested, thank god. Of course, Veronica's birthday kinda threw me off a bit. Of course, she made it worse when she brought up that extra favor I gave her for letting me go, although it was in vain. Even worse, she got proof that she was actually thirteen, err… fourteen. We had a little meeting after the party.

"Here you go Veronica." I said, handing her a piece of paper. It was labeled "Two favors" which I knew she'd find a way to turn against me, and she did.

"Two favors… Thank you Marcus… I have plans for this." She replied with a smile.

"Like?"

"Well… ooh I can't say it. Claire, you tell him."

"Well, there's a dance at our school." Claire said.

"Oh crap… and let me guess…"

"I want you to be my date. And remember, I have three favors from you."

"Three?"

"Remember when you said you'd find a way to make it up to me a while ago?"

"Crap! Ok, how shall I be tortured?"

"First, you're going to help me pick out a dress. Which leaves one favor."

"And how are you gonna use it?"

"You'll see when the time comes."

Everyone was a bit shocked, not me though. I should've suspected it. Veronica grabbed my hand, and pulled me upstairs. I looked back to the group of people who had all gathered around, and extended my hand, hoping someone would help me.

"Help…" I muttered.

Samantha shook her head, Claire giggled under her hand, and Eleanor shot me a look full of pity.

Veronica relentlessly pulled me up the stairs, almost violently, actually. When I finally gave in and let her pull me at her pace, she was practically sprinting. I tripped twice, but she pulled me to my feet almost instantly. After we made it to the Big Sisters room, she closed the door with a smile. She locked it too… that was the part that unnerved me.

"Ok, which one should we start with?" Veronica asked, opening a closet I didn't even know existed.

The closet was lined with dresses, necklaces, and a few pairs of high heels… don't know where they came from, but they were there… she pulled a blue sparkly dress off a hangar and turned around. She held it up, covering herself with it.

"Let's try this one…" she said, unzipping her hoodie.

She tossed it aside, and began to pull her shirt off. I looked away at that note, knowing she'd find a way to use it against me if I didn't. I had three ideas as to why she did that. One, she is actually that innocent. Two, she was trying to get me killed/castrated. Three, she was trying to work me over.

After a few minutes, she walked into sight. The blue dress hugged her body in all the right places… or should I say wrong places? Hmmm…. Conflict erupts again, eh? Well, she looked quite uh… mature? In that dress. Even more so due to the fact that the dress kinda um… how do I put it delicately? Screw it, I'm saying it. It showed off her chest area a bit more than it should've.

"What do you think?" Veronica asked, striking a pose with her hand on her hip.

"Uh… yeah… I'm pretty sure Delta would kill me if you wore that…" I replied, carefully examining each and every detail…

"Oh, wait a second. I can't wear this… if I'm right Claire was gonna wear this one."

My jaw just dropped. Veronica looked… I admit it; she looked pretty sexy in it. But Claire? Hot damn, she would look like a freaking supermodel!

"Let's try… this one then." She said, pulling a red dress off the rack.

I looked away as she changed, again. I looked back after she finished changing, and she looked even better than last time. And this dress didn't show off her chest as much. But then again, it only went up half her leg… I guess she didn't plan on letting me off easy.

"What do you think about this one? Do I look cute?" she asked, looking down at herself in the process.

I just nodded. She smiled, and shot me seductive glance before striking another pose. She started to freak me out after that… she was winking in the complete opposite direction, signing invisible autographs, making kissy faces at me…

"Uh… what are you doing?" I asked.

"Do you think I look sexy in this?" she asked, taking a break from her imaginary celebrity life.

"Hold that question." I replied, standing up.

I walked over to the door, and unlocked it. I opened the door to find Samantha, and Heather all trying to creep down the stairs. Veronica stepped behind me, almost hiding behind me, but still peeking over my shoulder.

"Samantha, Heather? Can't you give us a little privacy?" Veronica cried out.

"Yeah… and I thought I had no life besides the mine… pathetic. I mean, honestly?"

"You can't blame us for being curious. After all, you said that if Veronica was actually fourteen, which she is, you'd talk." Samantha replied.

"Yeah… I suggest you don't eavesdrop on us anymore."

"Or what?"

"I'll camp out again, and maybe this time I won't come back…"

"No! There's no need to get crazy Marcus… Samantha and I will just go downstairs, ok?" Heather asked, cautiously stepping down a few stairs.

"Sounds like a plan to me. Goodbye ladies." I said, closing the door.

"Awww, thanks Marcus. Now back to my question, do you think I look sexy in this?" Veronica asked, getting straight to the point again.

"If I answer that, I'll die. If I say yes, Delta will kill me because he'll think I'm making a move on you. If I say no, you'll get upset, and Delta will kill me."

"Awww, c'mon. I promise I won't tell Daddy…"

"Sorry, I can't do that."

"Fine…" she went back to making weird faces and posing for no reason. She blew a kiss my way, and signed an imaginary autograph.

"Can I ask exactly what you're doing?"

"I'm a world famous supermodel and you're a photographer… they say we won't last, but we'll prove them wrong, right?" she asked, sitting on my lap.

"Uh… you're starting to freak me out…"

She stood up, and went back to the closet. She pulled down one last dress. A pink one, with some kind of puffy material for the lower half, and what looked like silk for the top half. The skirt part of the dress covered her pretty well, but the shirt part of didn't cover her shoulders, and due to that, it showed her chest off a bit. Not as much as the blue one though…

"What about this one?" she asked, rocking her hip side to side.

"I like that one… not too exposing, but not to covering either… oh crap, I'm starting to sound like Delta…" I said standing up.

Veronica had one last imaginary photo shoot before she got all her normal clothes back on. She packed the dress into her drawer on one of the many dressers in the Big Sister's room, and looked at me.

"Do think I'm cute?" she asked, stepping towards me with her head cocked in a somewhat adorable way.

"Sure, why not?"

"Is that a yes?"

"I said sure, didn't I?"

"I want a yes or no answer."

"*sigh* Yes Veronica… I think you're cute… happy now?"

"Yay!" she cried with joy, while tackling me to the floor.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much! You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that!" she yelled, repeatedly kissing me on the cheek.

"Ok, ok, ok! Calm down, no need to announce it to the world." I replied.

She stood up, and ran out of the room. Before I could even get up, she was downstairs. As soon as I walked half way down the stairs, she was already the center of attention.

"Marcus thinks I'm cute! He finally admitted it!" Veronica cried out with joy.

"Oh crap…" I mumbled, stopping halfway down the stairs.

"And he was in the same room? That's two offenses, time to die Marcus!" Delta yelled, running up the stairs.

I had mere seconds to react, so I hopped over the railing. I hit the couch, and didn't break anything.

"Whoa… that actually worked!" I yelled as I stood up.

Delta ran back down the stairs, and bull rushed me. I ran through the kitchen, and into the bathroom. I locked the door, and looked for a way out. I found one…

Delta was kicking the door, and finally succeeded. The door flew open, but I wasn't in the bathroom anymore. Nope, I had crawled out the window. I sat out on the porch, taking deep breathes. When I realized Delta had figured me out, I stood up. I ran as fast as I could around the house. Delta was outside and chasing me down. I had one escape route, the hills. I ran as fast as my legs would let me, which is way fast due to the adrenaline pumping through my veins. As I reached the first obstacle, I checked behind me. Delta was a bit behind me, still on the rock trail from what I could tell. I clambered up the five foot drop off, and paced myself. Next was a rope ladder climb up a branch and onto a ridge. After jogging for a minute, I made it to the ladder. Delta was getting closer though.

I climbed the ten foot ladder as fast as I could, and crawled off the thick branch onto the ledge. I let out a sigh of relief, and stood up. Delta was trailing me, getting closer each moment. Gotta remember, he's way more spliced than I am or ever will be. Probably Sports Boost 2, that's gotta be what made him so fast.

By the time I stood up, Delta was having a bit of a hissy-fit with the ladder. I ran to the woods, it was my only chance of losing him. I made it into the woods, and headed off the trail. Bad move honestly. I leaned against a tree, trying to catch my breath, believing I had lost Delta. But then, outta nowhere, a five-inch knife came flying at me. It hit right between my thighs, mere inches away from castrating me. I looked up to see Delta, with two more knifes in hand. I ducked as he threw another one, and rolled out of the way for the last one. I stood up, and ran the same direction I came from. I hurriedly climbed down the ladder while Delta gathered his scattered knives. I jumped off the drop off, and hit the ground rolling. I hurt my leg, but I never stopped. after I made it back to the house, I ran up the stairs. The Big Sister's room was open, so I ran in. I was gasping for air by that time.

"I… *gasp* I can't *gasp* I need air *gasp* help me…" I managed to spit out as I fell to my knees choking.

Within a second, I hit the floor unconscious. I saw a bright light, but I ran away… I never stopped running, no matter how much my lungs burnt, of my ribs hurt, or my legs nearly collapsed on me, I never stopped running…

Ooh... Drama, eh? Marcus half dead, Veronica in some kind of dreamland, and Delta nearly chops off Marcus' "Package" 0.o